Month: September 2013

Political turmoil in Middle East and global recession to blame Despite having good days in the last few years, the country’s jute sector is likely to face hard times in the coming days due to the political turmoil in the Middle East and global recession. Thousands of jute growers and employees of the jute sector ... Read more

New Curriculums Teachers take classes in schools without training Teachers in primary schools are taking classes without training on the new curriculums introduced in January this year, while only secondary school teachers in 19 districts have obtained training, New Age can reveal. Students will suffer considerably if the teachers are not trained about the new subjects, ... Read more

Legendary film actor Anwar Hossain, popularly known as the ‘crownless emperor’ of the Bengali film industry, was laid to rest beside his mother’s grave at Mirpur Shaheed Buddhijibi Graveyard on Friday. Anwar Hossain, best known for his iconic role in ‘Nawab Sirajuddaula’, was suffering from various old-age complications and died in a city hospital

A gang of armed robbers shot dead a college student when he tried to prevent them from looting his residence at Jatrabari area in the capital in the early hours on Friday. The slain victim was identified as Bakhtiar Mohammad Latif, 19, an ‘A’ level student of an English medium school. He was the son ... Read more

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has decided to hold fresh trial of constable Amiya Ghosh in the Felani killing case. On September 6, the BSF court of inquiry in its verdict found the accused not guilty, drawing widespread condemnations both in Bangladesh and India. “The Competent Authority of Border Security Force has decided to

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said that the nation is facing a critical time centering the forthcoming national election in the country and called for re-election of Awami League. “The time is critical as the election is round the corner. This election will decide where Bangladesh is going to go in future,” ... Read more

Accusing again BNP-Jamaat of launching the August 21 grenade attack on the Awami League rally, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called upon the opposition to stop the politics of killing and nurturing the terrorists. “The opposition should stop the politics of killing and nurturing the terrorists. There is democracy in Bangladesh and I think ... Read more

BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia has told the visiting British parliamentary team that her party is ready for dialogue with the government to overcome the prevailing political standoff centring the non-party caretaker government (CG) issue. “If the government is eager, BNP is prepared for a dialogue with it anytime,” BNP vice ... Read more

Bangladeshi-born British parliamentarian Rushanara Ali said on Friday that the UK wants to see free, fair and transparent elections in Bangladesh with participation of all parties. “We all want to see peace and stability, we want to see that all parties play their part in making sure that there are free and fair elections,” said ... Read more

Hallmark scam None of the members of the Board of Directors of Sonali Bank has been accused in the Hallmark -Sonali Bank loan scam investigation report, officials said. However, many of them were alleged to have been involved in obtaining loan for Tanvir Mahmud, managing director of the Hallmark Group. The ACC investigation team on ... Read more

Feeling of insecurity has gripped people over the last couple of months A feeling of insecurity has spread among the people in view of the sharply deteriorating law and order situation in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country in the last couple of months. Heinous crimes, such as gruesome killings, are on the rise, despite ... Read more

A new UNICEF report shows that if current trends continue, the world will not meet Millennium Development Goal 4 — to cut the rate of under-five mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Even worse, if current trends continue, the goal will not be reached until 2028. The cost of inaction is alarmingly high: as many as ... Read more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Friday said that the government must be ousted; otherwise the general elections would not be held. At a discussion at a city hotel, he urged the BNP leaders and activists to further strengthen the party to push the ongoing movement to the final ... Read more

Rape, Murder of Indian Student  4 convicts to die An Indian fast-track court yesterday handed down death sentence to four men convicted of gang raping and brutally murdering an Indian student here in December last year. “Death to all”, pronounced Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna three days after he found the four guilty of a ... Read more

Three members of a family, including two children, were killed by unknown assailants at their house in Phulbaria upazila on Thursday night. The dead are Zahura Khatun, 55, her daughter Sima, 12, and grandson Faruk Hossain, 6. She was the wife of van puller Abdul Latif Dori of Jurbaria village.